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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels — The leaders of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army told the senator they want the U.S. to provide arms, a no-fly zone, and strikes on Hezbollah. Josh Rogin reports.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
McCain meets with rebel leaders in Syria — Sen. John McCain (R) traveled to war-torn Syria on Monday to meet with rebel leaders, a spokesman for the Arizona senator confirmed to The Hill. — McCain's visit makes him the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter the country since its civil war began two years ago.
Erika Solomon / Reuters:
Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported
Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported
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New York Times:
Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits — When CVFC, a conservative veterans' group in California, applied for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, its biggest expenditure that year was several thousand dollars in radio ads backing a Republican candidate for Congress.
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Martin Robinson / Daily Mail:
Tensions on streets after slaughter of British soldier: War memorials defaced and mosque firebombed as EDL march on Westminster — Two of Britain's most celebrated war memorials have been defaced, apparently with the word ‘Islam’ scrawled across them and inscriptions scrubbed out with red paint.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Obama honors fallen as US turns ‘page on a decade of conflict’
Obama honors fallen as US turns ‘page on a decade of conflict’
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
America's oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home
America's oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home
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Washington Wire
CNN:
Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law? — Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey. — But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates …
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Trump researching 2016 run — Donald Trump has spent more than $1 million on electoral research for a potential presidential run in 2016. — Sources said the tough-talking “Celebrity Apprentice” host is increasingly being asked to speak at Republican events, and he appeared …
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P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Stupid — “You're stupid,” is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama. But on Friday morning I picked up the Wall Street Journal and learned that the president had given a speech about the war on terror saying, “This war, like all wars, must end.”
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James Legge / The Independent:
Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain among the front-runners to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham — Upcoming film expected to hit cinemas in time for the next presidential election — Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon are among actresses being considered to portray …
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Susan Sarkauskas / Daily Herald:
Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water — A Batavia High School teacher's fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior. — They've been collecting signatures on an online petition …
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Juliet Eilperin / The Fix:
A White House counsel known for her shoes — It may say more about Washington than White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that she's known in the West Wing for her fabulous shoes. — Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Obama riddle — You wonder if President Obama sometimes finds himself singing a variant on Kermit the Frog's anthem about the burdens of being green: It's not easy being Barack Obama. — This is not simply or even primarily a matter of color, although the president's racial background …
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Globe and Mail:
Toronto police spoke to Mayor Ford's senior staffer after tip linked killing to alleged drug video — A senior member of Rob Ford's office was interviewed by police last week about a tip linking a video allegedly showing the mayor smoking illicit drugs to a recent Toronto homicide, two separate sources have confirmed.
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Daniel Dale City Hall / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford: 'There's no video,' reporters are ‘a bunch of maggots’
Rob Ford: 'There's no video,' reporters are ‘a bunch of maggots’
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
‘Show Me Your Papers’ Bill Could Make North Carolina The Next Arizona — North Carolina is set to vote on a piece of anti-immigration legislation on par with Arizona and Alabama's racially-tinged laws that drew national attention and ire from immigration advocates.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
House lawmakers press on with IRS investigation over recess — Lawmakers may be out of Washington this week, but congressional staffers will be working to ensure that the IRS controversy is teed up for them when they return. — Both Democrats and Republicans left the recent string …
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